Quality : Defining your own key variables ➜ Depending on each particular context – desired objectives, process variability… – it is often possible to reduce the analysis of a make process to a handful of key points. Several approaches can be taken to define them. Optimizing yields ➜ Purchasing milk is often the first expense line for a creamery. Understanding the eventual yield can help calculate the production cost for each cheese produced. At the same time, understanding and mastering the factors that can maximize yield will contribute to the bottom line.
Roquefort’s dilemma ➜ Over the decades, producers relying on the magic of the Causses fleurons have made great strides in the quality and uniformity of their products, all the while adapting to market pressures demanding more ‘consensual’ products. But sales trends continue to drop. Has Roquefort become too tame ? ➜ Take action, but how ? ➜ “Renew the AOP to engage new generations”
Cheese bars : Adding in conviviality ➜ They have been gradually spreading across the French Hexagon, offering new ways to consume cheese in an informal, accessible way. ➜ Several models and options
Marmottan Farm : The legacy of Persillé de Tignes ➜ After ten years as a high-level ski competitor, Anémone Marmottan, 37, joined her brother to take over the family farm, in Villaroger, in the heart of the Haute Tarentaise, and to make this cheese rescued from the waters… Caves d’affinage de Savoie : The taste of the tunnel ➜ Eric Mainbourg manages four tunnels in and around Chambéry, which he dedicates exclusively to regional, raw milk cheeses.
A monastic history of cheese : An air of sanctity ➜ 15th century monastic meal – a miniature from the Speculum Historiale by Vincent de Beauvais. By Anthony Di Carlo, cheesemonger and former (...)
The Mondial of Tours gets an update ➜ From September 14 to 16 2025, Tours will welcome the 7th edition of the Mondial du Fromage et des Produits Laitiers. A look at two important moments : the World’s Best Cheesemonger Competition and the International Products Competition.
Posters and a booklet to help spread the good news ➜ Contributions to the intestinal microbiota, specifics about dairy fat that challenge its negative image… : materials can now be downloaded and posted in retail shops.
